"adabu" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-adabu.flac [Kenya] Forms: adabu [class-x, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab). Etymology templates: {{ety|sw|:bor|ar:أَدَب<id:discipline><ref:<span class="cited-source">Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), <cite>Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa</cite> (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; <span class="None" lang="und">145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, <small>→ISBN</small>, page 11 Nr. 35</span></span>>|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "discipline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "ء د ب", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "root", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "أَدَب", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "adabu", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" }" data-lang="sw" data-title="adabu"> Borrowed from Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab). Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} adabu class IX (plural adabu class X)
  1. etiquette, good manners, courtesy Tags: class-ix
    Sense id: en-adabu-sw-noun-rqSdrbIZ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Swahili entries with etymology texts, Swahili entries with etymon, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 93 3 3 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with etymology texts: 94 3 3 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with etymon: 94 3 3 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 96 2 2
  2. respect, politeness Tags: class-ix
    Sense id: en-adabu-sw-noun-snLsTHK2
  3. discipline Tags: class-ix
    Sense id: en-adabu-sw-noun-1DyL1Xl6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: -adibu
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